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Hugo Cuypers scores late to help Fire tie Orlando City
Hugo Cuypers scored in the second half to help the host Chicago Fire rally for a 1-1 draw against Orlando City on Wednesday.,The Fire (2-8-6, 12 points) have played to consecutive draws after a four-game losing streak yet remain winless in their past nine matches (0-5-4).,Orlando (4-6-5, 17 points) ...

Ryan Gauld, Whitecaps top Sporting KC to end winless streak
Ryan Gauld scored twice to lift the Vancouver Whitecaps past Sporting Kansas City 2-1, ending a six-match winless streak Wednesday night at Kansas City, Kan., ,Gauld has scored in three consecutive games, pushing his season total to a team-high seven., ,Goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka made four saves but w...

Saba Lobjanidze scores twice as Atlanta United upend Inter Miami
Saba Lobjanidze scored a pair of goals to lift Atlanta United to a 3-1 victory over the returning Lionel Messi and Inter Miami on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Jamal Thiare also tallied and Tristan Muyumba, Brooks Lennon and Caleb Wiley each notched an assist to help Atlanta United (4-7-4, 16 p...

Alek Manoah (elbow) out early, but Jays extend White Sox's skid
Trevor Richards delivered 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in a combined four-hitter and Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in two runs as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays blanked the skidding Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Wednesday.,Toronto earned a three-game sweep while sending Chicago to a season-worst eighth s...

CF Montreal defeat D.C. United, halt 7-match winless streak
Sunusi Ibrahim netted two goals, Ariel Lassiter had a goal and two assists and host CF Montreal ended a seven-match winless drought by beating D.C. United 4-2 on Wednesday night., ,CF Montreal (4-7-4, 16 points) had not won since April 13, losing four and drawing three in the interim. They held a 3-...

Saba Lobjanidze scores twice as Atlanta United upends Inter Miami
Saba Lobjanidze scored a pair of goals to lift Atlanta United to a 3-1 victory over the returning Lionel Messi and Inter Miami on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Jamal Thiare also tallied and Tristan Muyumba, Brooks Lennon and Caleb Wiley each notched an assist to help Atlanta United (4-7-4, 16 p...

Paul Skenes gets plenty of support as Pirates earn split against Tigers
Paul Skenes struck out nine in six innings on his 22nd birthday as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 10-2, in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.,Skenes (2-0) allowed two runs and three hits in his fourth major league start.,Andrew McCutchen blasted a three-run hom...

Surging Storm vist Caitlin Clark, fading Fever
On Thursday, veteran guard Jewell Loyd and the Seattle Storm (4-3) will seek to extend a three-game winning streak -- and continue a challenging rookie campaign for Caitlin Clark. ,Clark comes in off her best scoring game as a pro, but the Indiana Fever (1-7) are still reeling heading into this matc...

Tigers place OF Kerry Carpenter (back) on injured list
The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Kerry Carpenter on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a back injury.,Carpenter, 26, is dealing with lumbar spine inflammation. His IL designation is retroactive to Monday.,Carpenter is batting .283 with eight homers and 29 RBIs in 50 games in his third season...

MLB adds Negro Leagues stats: Josh Gibson now all-time BA leader
Hall of Fame catcher Josh Gibson officially became Major League Baseball's career leader with a .372 batting average after Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were included into MLB history.,Gibson, who spent nine of his 14 Negro Leagues seasons with the Homestead Grays, passed Ty Cobb...

Blue Jays strive for sweep of hapless White Sox
Toronto Blue Jays leadoff man Davis Schneider has hit safely in four of his past five games entering Wednesday night's series finale against the host Chicago White Sox.,It's a positive turnaround from a 5-for-39 slide earlier in May, one Schneider attributes to a simple adjustment.,"I feel like I've...

Blue Jays withstand rain, hammer White Sox
Davis Schneider had three hits and three RBIs and Kevin Gausman pitched six strong innings to boost the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-2 rout of the slumping Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,Chicago was out-hit 13-8 en route to its seventh straight defeat and 11th loss in its past 12 games.,Toronto ...

Two more into an upper-bracket final at IEM Dallas
FaZe Clan and Team Spirit became the second set of clubs to advance to the upper-bracket final in group play at the 2024 Intel Extreme Masters Dallas event, advancing with very different-looking wins on Tuesday.,In the first Group B upper-bracket semifinal, Spirit had little trouble with Natus Vince...

Unbeaten at home, LAFC face tough Minnesota United club
Minnesota United will put a six-game unbeaten streak on the line Wednesday night when they visit Los Angeles FC in a key Western Conference battle., ,The Loons (7-2-4, 25 points) are second in the West, four points behind Real Salt Lake but have two games and a potential six points in hand. LAFC (7-...

Whitecaps, Sporting KC out to halt lengthy winless streaks
Two teams on significant recent slides, the Vancouver Whitecaps and Sporting Kansas City, will be counting on better outcomes when they meet Wednesday night at Kansas City, Kan.,On a 0-3-3 stretch, Vancouver (5-5-4, 19 points) lost 2-1 to visiting Inter Miami on Saturday in front of a record home cr...

Chicago, Orlando aim to end recent struggles
Two sides struggling to score look to get going when Orlando City visits the Chicago Fire on Wednesday.,Orlando (4-6-4, 16 points) has scored 15 goals, fourth fewest in MLS this season and has been shut out three times in the past five matches, including the most recent outing, a 2-0 setback against...

Pirates-Tigers postponed due to inclement weather forecast
The game Tuesday night between the Pittsburgh Pirates and host Detroit Tigers was postponed due to a forecast of inclement weather.,The game will be made up as part of a straight doubleheader on Wednesday starting at 12:40 p.m. ET and the second game starting about 40 minutes after Game 1's conclusi...

White Sox place RHP Mike Clevinger (elbow) on IL
The Chicago White Sox placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation, while right-hander Jake Woodford had his contract purchased from Triple-A Charlotte.,To make room on the 40-man roster for Woodford, who was inserted to start Tuesday against the Toront...

Skidding CF Montreal out to show 'fight' vs. D.C. United
CF Montreal will get another chance to turn a corner after they extended a dispiriting winless run to seven matches.,Their next chance to end that rut, which includes four losses and three draws, comes Wednesday when they host D.C. United.,Montreal (3-7-4, 13 points) ended a four-match losing streak...

Lionel Messi and Co. return as Miami hosts Atlanta United
Inter Miami are expected to welcome back superstar Lionel Messi and fellow former FC Barcelona teammates Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets on Wednesday night when they host skidding Atlanta United in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,The Herons (10-2-4, 34 points) overcame the trio's planned absence due to rest p...